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Old 07-24-2007, 06:04 PM
Jeff76 Jeff76 is offline
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Default Re: Chip Ferguson’s Turbo SNG Article

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A lot of SNG articles I've read advocate calling minraises with small pairs because of the potential for a big payoff if you flop the set, and the "no set-no bet" play largely negates the positional advantage.

[/ QUOTE ]Stack sizes are very important. A min raise that represents 10% of your stack is very different from one that represents 3% of your stack. A typical rule of thumb in a ring game is that effective stacks should be 10x whatever you have to call so that you get enough value when you hit your set to make the call worth it. I'm no STT expert, but I'd think that you'd want to play quite a bit tighter than the 10x "rule" due to ICM considerations.
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